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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you... could've had a v8. constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. >> lance armstrong's former fiancee is speaking out in an interview that will air tonight. singer cheryl crowe tells entertainment tonight that she caught bits and pieces of his doping confe
what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male...
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we'll talk about one of the builders having to fight for a piece of the pie in this tough economy. why are we requiring that these contracts go to union shops? shouldn't we be getting the cheapest deal we can with the taxpayers' money? we'll talk about it. justice is served after a disturbing attack at a train station is on surveillance. real concerns how long it took police, after the suspect. and lance armstrong came clean with oprah, or did he, and he knows exactly how to look at somebody and see if they tell the truth about something, he's going to look at lance armstrong and manti te'o. ♪ you're my favorite mistake ♪ ♪ you're my favorite mistake ♪ uo thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth! what are you doing? we doth offer so many discounts, we have some to spare. oh, you have any of those homeowners discounts? here we go. thank you. he took my shield, my lady. these are troubling times in the kingdom. more discounts than we knoweth what to do with. now that's
we'll talk about one of the builders having to fight for a piece of the pie in this tough economy. why are we requiring that these contracts go to union shops? shouldn't we be getting the cheapest deal we can with the taxpayers' money? we'll talk about it. justice is served after a disturbing attack at a train station is on surveillance. real concerns how long it took police, after the suspect. and lance armstrong came clean with oprah, or did he, and he knows exactly how to look at somebody...
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remember, a huge part of the egyptian economy is tourism itself. those numbers are way down, and many fear that this latest accident and mysterious questions about the egyptian safety checks and levels there inside of these tourist operators are going to mean that tourism falls even more. to give you an idea how much the egyptian economy is hanging on, just by a thread when it comes to tourism. right now it's high season down there in luxor, and hotels are only 25% filled so people are desperate as this goes on and obviously, a lot of people are wondering how this could possibly happen and the egyptians are promising a full investigation, however, it's unclear if they're going to be able to figure out anything more than either human error or perhaps some kind of mechanical error on the balloon that allows the gasoline to begin and once you have the fire happen little to do to put it out. >> i don't understand. i mean, how did the pilot save himself if the balloon is hurling toward earth from a thousand feet and he's got that momentum. how does jump
remember, a huge part of the egyptian economy is tourism itself. those numbers are way down, and many fear that this latest accident and mysterious questions about the egyptian safety checks and levels there inside of these tourist operators are going to mean that tourism falls even more. to give you an idea how much the egyptian economy is hanging on, just by a thread when it comes to tourism. right now it's high season down there in luxor, and hotels are only 25% filled so people are...
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it's the fault of the economy, i'm talking to you, john boehner. the other thing that the president had to do today which was significant was admit, admit, not a big deal, not a big deal right now he had to basically say this could eventually be a big deal. after weeks, oh, my gosh, weeks and weeks and weeks of the worst, these cataclysmic scenarios, it's really not about this, it's a fight over spending levels the end of march, have a good weekend. >> megyn: we saw the first responders behind him. these people are going to lose their jobs and houses are going to burn. and illegals let out of prison, wait, that happened. (laughter) >> whoops. >> megyn: all of these things are going to happen and people losing their jobs, bah, bah, bah, we'll get through it, it won't be an apocalypse, dumb. >> what it reveals to us all is these weeks, these weeks of these apocalyptic scenarios laid out have been a prelude to the negotiations that are going to take place what we here in town call the continuing resolution, what congress passes when it hasn't. >> megy
it's the fault of the economy, i'm talking to you, john boehner. the other thing that the president had to do today which was significant was admit, admit, not a big deal, not a big deal right now he had to basically say this could eventually be a big deal. after weeks, oh, my gosh, weeks and weeks and weeks of the worst, these cataclysmic scenarios, it's really not about this, it's a fight over spending levels the end of march, have a good weekend. >> megyn: we saw the first responders...
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, it's hurting our economy as we speak. we shouldn't be having that debate and by the way, the american people agreed with me that we should reduce our deficit in a balanced way that also takes into account the need for us to grow this economy and put people back to work. >> megyn: well, when it comes to america's 16 trillion dollar debt, and raising our debt ceiling even more in the coming weeks, you just saw, today's hour long news conference summed up in that 60 second exchange and we shortened it down just to give you a flavor. the president does not want to negotiate and he says he has the voters behind him. he wants to congress just let him raise the debt limit or for them to do it. joining me now charles payne from the fox business network and john of left action and wall street journal columnist, the 50 economic indicators that really matter. we were just talking about that sound bite and that exchange with major garrett, formerly of fox and now cbs and the president was testy and didn't seem to much like the questi
, it's hurting our economy as we speak. we shouldn't be having that debate and by the way, the american people agreed with me that we should reduce our deficit in a balanced way that also takes into account the need for us to grow this economy and put people back to work. >> megyn: well, when it comes to america's 16 trillion dollar debt, and raising our debt ceiling even more in the coming weeks, you just saw, today's hour long news conference summed up in that 60 second exchange and we...
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it's time to work together to pass legislation that improves our security, grows our economy, and ensures that we will continue to be a nation that lives up to the values of our founders. and i'm going to turn it over to senator mccain in a minute. i want to say he's been the glue in our group. his wisdom, his strength, his courage, his steadfastness and many other adjectives that i'll skip at the moment, have really been inspiring to me and i think to all of us. and i want to just say, want me to go on? and i -- and i want to say that every member of our group, including senator graham, who couldn't be here today, senator mccain has a statement from him, have really been terrific in terms of understanding that we have to come to an agreement. we have to meet in the middle, that the mission of getting a bill done to strengthen america is more important than any of us clinging to a specific belief. and so i'm optimistic, i'm truly optimistic, more than i was when we had our first meeting in december, that we can get this done. and i really want to thank every one of the members here. it's
it's time to work together to pass legislation that improves our security, grows our economy, and ensures that we will continue to be a nation that lives up to the values of our founders. and i'm going to turn it over to senator mccain in a minute. i want to say he's been the glue in our group. his wisdom, his strength, his courage, his steadfastness and many other adjectives that i'll skip at the moment, have really been inspiring to me and i think to all of us. and i want to just say, want me...
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a reality for local workers and for our economy, through hard work, brilliance, dedication and advocacy. >> megyn: well, that was then speaker pelosi back in 2010 picking up the cutting edge technology at a u.s. battery maker that ended up getting a lot of support from american taxpayers, and you can hear she files optimistic about it and now the company declared bankruptcy and now we're hearing a sale to a chinese company with deep ties. >> and a-123 makes electric car batteries and 249 of surplus money in 2009. the reason they filed for bankruptcy was slow sales of electric cars and two, the batteries did not perform as expected. while the batteries themselves have issues, the battery technology used by a 123 is golden. initially by the jet propulsion lab. the technology will play a role in other things like how electricity is generated and distributed in our grids nationwide, and can also be used for powering satellites and military drones. now a chinese company is in the process of a-123. and headed by a billionaire with close ties to the chinese party. and president obama just spok
a reality for local workers and for our economy, through hard work, brilliance, dedication and advocacy. >> megyn: well, that was then speaker pelosi back in 2010 picking up the cutting edge technology at a u.s. battery maker that ended up getting a lot of support from american taxpayers, and you can hear she files optimistic about it and now the company declared bankruptcy and now we're hearing a sale to a chinese company with deep ties. >> and a-123 makes electric car batteries...
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and back to the economy now for a moment. we're seeing a new study raising questions about our economy, five years after the start of the financial crisis back in 2008. remember when it all began? millions of job losses since then, mortgage foreclosures, a widespread amount of fear about the nation's economy, and a new study today from rutgers university finds that 60% of americans believe that our current situation is the new normal, get used to it, folks, that this recession, they believe, will really never go away. what does that mean? that's so bleak. and melissa francis is not bleak. and host of "money with melissa francis" on the fox business network. it's something that everybody senses, but to see it in numbers. >> this is a serious study, it's not a study that they did for a newspaper, this is rutgers university they talked to a thousand different people and what they're responding to is really this slow recovery that we've seen. in the past when we've seen a recession, usually you see the bounceback. we haven't gott
and back to the economy now for a moment. we're seeing a new study raising questions about our economy, five years after the start of the financial crisis back in 2008. remember when it all began? millions of job losses since then, mortgage foreclosures, a widespread amount of fear about the nation's economy, and a new study today from rutgers university finds that 60% of americans believe that our current situation is the new normal, get used to it, folks, that this recession, they believe,...
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the not stimulated the economy in the way republicans say they would. i think there's a real debate to be had here. we have to be honest about the fact that the deficit is not the immediate issue. >> what does this do to the push that the president wants and some other democrats want for more tax hikes? they want to close hoop holes which is the tax hike. the president was saying when we were struggling and in a recession now is not the time to raise taxes. this is the worst we have been since we came out of that recession. hoping for a one-percent growth which is an nehm mick. instead of growing it's like we lost weight instead of growing weight. you run a gain rate every year. >> he is going to press for more that he canses. this is not about restructuring the sucht economy if you look at the last of the second half. every single time congresses of both taerts weather they are jqk or george w-bush. you can-- every time you raise taxes you shrink this. he's interested in the wealth redistribution part of the transformation of the u.s. economy. so again
the not stimulated the economy in the way republicans say they would. i think there's a real debate to be had here. we have to be honest about the fact that the deficit is not the immediate issue. >> what does this do to the push that the president wants and some other democrats want for more tax hikes? they want to close hoop holes which is the tax hike. the president was saying when we were struggling and in a recession now is not the time to raise taxes. this is the worst we have been...
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he wanted i am sure to show the appear ranges of activity while the economy has remained langwith for these years. we had a deep recession and sputtering and at that time the president wanted to show he cared. he created a blue ribbon commission. how come you are not meeting with them more. when will was the last time you met with them. why don't you talk to these people why don't you worry about jobs. at the closure it's embarrassing with such high unemployment, 23, 24 million people in the wrong situation just not the optics are bad. >> their mission was in the president's view an important one. a lot of people look at this as one, when president obama had a background he never ran a company and never worked for a company. he was a community organize he were and worked at a law firm. didn't work in business. so this was a way in which he would have outreach directly to the business community about their concerns and help guide his agenda toward creating more jobs. he barely met with them and now it's done, chris. is this not just an invitation for more criticism? >> sure. you saw th
he wanted i am sure to show the appear ranges of activity while the economy has remained langwith for these years. we had a deep recession and sputtering and at that time the president wanted to show he cared. he created a blue ribbon commission. how come you are not meeting with them more. when will was the last time you met with them. why don't you talk to these people why don't you worry about jobs. at the closure it's embarrassing with such high unemployment, 23, 24 million people in the...
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the economy hasn't gotten worse in the course of the year. some housing has picked up a bit. why that big of a drop? >> there is this. what we thought would be the now normal, there is a patience limit of what the normalcy is. if you think about it. what the president is saying, that the recovery is so bad that we can't risk having a fight over fiscal issues right now. not that we have a great thing going. he said the patient is on life support and let's not jostle him at this moment. that is indicative of where the white house is on this and how they are going to frame what is less than two weeks away as we go to the cliff. >> it feels like yesterday frankly you and i chris, were talking about this thing. it is not as if the republicans are seen as fiscal gur us. they are only at 43 percent. the public doesn't have confident in the leaders. >> have you seen the town and been here lately? there is not a lot to commend them. the truth is, a year ago, the president was out with an economic plan and running for office and the heat of the campaign. yay said the president we have
the economy hasn't gotten worse in the course of the year. some housing has picked up a bit. why that big of a drop? >> there is this. what we thought would be the now normal, there is a patience limit of what the normalcy is. if you think about it. what the president is saying, that the recovery is so bad that we can't risk having a fight over fiscal issues right now. not that we have a great thing going. he said the patient is on life support and let's not jostle him at this moment....
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the economy is growing. job crow ators created over 7 million jobs in the last 40 months. >> shannon -- >> all right, hold on. i will let mark finish. >> thank you, lars. >> he has thrown you there a lot of red meat from forged document, which i never heard about, and i know there is testimony at the white house. like carter saying the irs is connected to two political from the white house. we heard what the ip said and it's not good. lars? >> i may have to bow to mark hannah's greater knowledge. because would he know about phonies and scandals because i worked from the john edwards campaign. but these are real scandals. >> you mean john kerry. >> sorry, john edwards and john kerry, both johns. the president gives one blanket statement and they are all phony. is the irs scandal phony? >> yes it is. >> no. >> every accusation that darrell issa has -- >> mark, let me finish. >> go ahead, lars, go ahead. >> mark, the chief counsel to irs met with the president in the white house two days before drafting a memo
the economy is growing. job crow ators created over 7 million jobs in the last 40 months. >> shannon -- >> all right, hold on. i will let mark finish. >> thank you, lars. >> he has thrown you there a lot of red meat from forged document, which i never heard about, and i know there is testimony at the white house. like carter saying the irs is connected to two political from the white house. we heard what the ip said and it's not good. lars? >> i may have to bow to...
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economy shank in the fourth quarter of last year, a revised report find the economy grew .1%. analysts say that the slight boost respects exports and business assessments, however, the weakest performance we've seen in nearly two years. >> fox news alert, as we witness a historic moment for the catholic church, not seen in 600 years. in justice moments, pope benedict xvi will step down officially as head of the roman catholic church and right now he is spending his final moments as pope at the castle gandolfo outside of rome. air looking at live pictures of the castle, the swiss guard, they have protected the pope for five centuries, different popes for five centuries, think of it, standing outside the door. at 2 p.m. eastern time, pope's resignation will take effect. the bells will chime, the doors will shut, and the swiss guards will walk off duty one of the few signs that pope benedict is no longer the pope and a new leader. fox contributor, father jonathan morris joins us live from rome. good to see you. put it in perspective what we're seeing and what's about to happen. >
economy shank in the fourth quarter of last year, a revised report find the economy grew .1%. analysts say that the slight boost respects exports and business assessments, however, the weakest performance we've seen in nearly two years. >> fox news alert, as we witness a historic moment for the catholic church, not seen in 600 years. in justice moments, pope benedict xvi will step down officially as head of the roman catholic church and right now he is spending his final moments as pope...
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what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. legs up, legs up, legs up ! red hot deal days are back. let nothing stop you. good job ! it's red hot deal days. get the nokia lumia 822 in red for free and discover all the things to do on the go with city lens. or the droid razr m by motorola in pink for $49.99. everything droid does in an edge-to-edge display. hurry in, because the sale ends february 20th. powerful devices. powerful network. verizon. >> the
what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's is ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu. ♪ five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me....
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economy adding just 88,000 jobs, new jobs last month. and the fewest in nine months. and the white house spokesman jay carney blamed the sequester for ugly new numbers. despite a number of economists saying it's too soon to see much from those budget changes we saw thanks to the sequester. peter barnes has more live in washington, peter. >> hiring hit in a wall in march after decent increases in previous months and the economy adding just 88,000 jobs last month as you said and that was less than half of what economists were expecting. and the unemployment rate, unexpectedly dropped to 7.6% from 7.7. in february, but that was mainly because a half a million people left the labor force in march for one reason or another. almost every sector showed slower growth or job losses last month. manufacturing fell by 3,000 jobs, construction added 18,000, but it had jumped 50,000 in february. retailers cut 24,000 jobs, which may reflect that 2% increase in the payroll tax that took effect january 1st. >> the end of the payroll tax cuts. and the head wind that the economy is curr
economy adding just 88,000 jobs, new jobs last month. and the fewest in nine months. and the white house spokesman jay carney blamed the sequester for ugly new numbers. despite a number of economists saying it's too soon to see much from those budget changes we saw thanks to the sequester. peter barnes has more live in washington, peter. >> hiring hit in a wall in march after decent increases in previous months and the economy adding just 88,000 jobs last month as you said and that was...
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someone has to figure out how to run the economy. the largest country in middle east. as goes egypt goes the region. there is a lot of people without jobs and livelihoods? who will speak for them? it is it not look like anybody is right now. and the worry is that you will have another round of violent demonstration and what does the army do? supporting the mohammed mursi government and fire on the people on sunday? or does it stay neutral and support the people on the streets. you just don't know where it goes. my guess is more chaos than a resolution. >> looking in the region, syria where assad is fighting to hang on to power and we lost 100,000 people lost their lives and egypt a potential place and perhaps turkey that could deputy a similar route? what do we do about it and what can we do? >> you don't want to be in the middle of someone else's civil war. we can give humanitarian assistance and urge countries that are in a fledgling way trying to get to democracy and urge them to get there, but at this point, these revolutions are happening in their territory with t
someone has to figure out how to run the economy. the largest country in middle east. as goes egypt goes the region. there is a lot of people without jobs and livelihoods? who will speak for them? it is it not look like anybody is right now. and the worry is that you will have another round of violent demonstration and what does the army do? supporting the mohammed mursi government and fire on the people on sunday? or does it stay neutral and support the people on the streets. you just don't...
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then, with the wreckage of our economy still smoldering and unstable, i asked him to help put it back together. thanks in large part to his steady hand, our economy has been growing again for the past three years, our businesses have created nearly 6 million new jobs, the money that we sent to save the financial system have largely been paid back. we put in place rules to prevent that kind of financial meltdown from ever happening again. an auto industry was saved. we made sure taxpayers are not on the hook, if the biggest firms fail again. we've taken steps to help underwater home owners come up for air and opened new markets to sell americans goods overseas and we've begun to reduce our deficit through a balanced mix of spending cuts and reforms to attack those at the time that we both came in was too skewed in favor of the wealthy at the expense of middle class americans. so when the history books are written, tim geithner's going to go down as one of our finest secretaries of the treasury. [applause] [applause] >> don't embarrass him. on a personal note, tim has been a wonderful f
then, with the wreckage of our economy still smoldering and unstable, i asked him to help put it back together. thanks in large part to his steady hand, our economy has been growing again for the past three years, our businesses have created nearly 6 million new jobs, the money that we sent to save the financial system have largely been paid back. we put in place rules to prevent that kind of financial meltdown from ever happening again. an auto industry was saved. we made sure taxpayers are...
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a path to citizenship for folks who are law abiding citizens, paying taxes and contributing to the economy. so i think both parties have an interest in getting this done. on the other hand, the republican party is caught between the far right and the tea party that may not want any action, and the rest wants to see the party win elections. maybe the goal is to muddy it up and blame obama for what is kind of a meaningless leak and moving forward and blame him in spanish, a better move. >> megyn: still, i'm trying to understand what the white house gets out of this. if the bipartisan deal, the-- the president's plan is not going to want to get through. the one that the republicans and democrats are so far-- but what does the president gain by doing this. the president begins what he believes to be a more painless mid term election cycle. the president took a beating in the last mid term elections and he believes he can lessen the amount of losses on his side of the house and senate, but let's face it. the president is not up for reelection, but house members and senate members are and if the
a path to citizenship for folks who are law abiding citizens, paying taxes and contributing to the economy. so i think both parties have an interest in getting this done. on the other hand, the republican party is caught between the far right and the tea party that may not want any action, and the rest wants to see the party win elections. maybe the goal is to muddy it up and blame obama for what is kind of a meaningless leak and moving forward and blame him in spanish, a better move. >>...
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people back. [ applause ] we cannot be disheartened by the forces of resistance to building a modern economy of good jobs and rising incomes or to rebuilding our education system to give all our children a common core of knowledge necessary to insure success. tore give americans of all ages access to affordable college and training programs. and we thank the president for is efforts in those regards. [ applause ]. we cannot relax in our efforts to implement health care reform in a way that ends discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions one of which is inadequate income to pay for rising health care. a health care reform that will lower costs and lengthen lives. nor can we stop investing in science and technology to train our young people of all races for the jobs tomorrow and to act on what we learn ed about our bodies, our businesses and our climate. we must push open those stubborn gates. we cannot be discouraged supreme court decision that said we don't need this critical provision of the voting rights act because look at the states. it made it harder for african-americans
people back. [ applause ] we cannot be disheartened by the forces of resistance to building a modern economy of good jobs and rising incomes or to rebuilding our education system to give all our children a common core of knowledge necessary to insure success. tore give americans of all ages access to affordable college and training programs. and we thank the president for is efforts in those regards. [ applause ]. we cannot relax in our efforts to implement health care reform in a way that ends...
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the other argument is there's economies of scale, and with software development and new textbooks, it makes sense that if you have stand for what third grader should know, you could have a third grade textbook company. instead of developing all the different ones, let's have a standard one. >one. >> megyn: in theory i like that. i don't want the kid who is finishing kindergarten in georgia to count 1 to 20 instead of the kid in new york count being 1 to00. >> we have a common electrical grid, and you can plug in a hair drier anywhere. the standard is good. >> megyn: it's not all as rainbows and unicorns as yound i are setting it up to be. the controversy comes where? >> it was originally sold as a voluntary effort by states. states got together and say all right, well, we'll make our standards like yours, and we'll all be in sync, right? we've increasingly learned is the federal top down involvement. a third of a billion dollars was used by the federal treasury money to set up these groups. we really didn't know that, most in education reform, at the beginning. we also learned later t
the other argument is there's economies of scale, and with software development and new textbooks, it makes sense that if you have stand for what third grader should know, you could have a third grade textbook company. instead of developing all the different ones, let's have a standard one. >one. >> megyn: in theory i like that. i don't want the kid who is finishing kindergarten in georgia to count 1 to 20 instead of the kid in new york count being 1 to00. >> we have a common...